Paraplatyptilia carolina

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Paraplatyptilia carolina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Paraplatyptilia
Species:
P. carolina
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia carolina
(Kearfott, 1907) [1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia carolinaKearfott, 1907
  • Stenoptilodes carolina

Paraplatyptilia carolina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William D. Kearfott in 1907. It is found in the southeastern United States, including Florida, [2] southern Mississippi, [3] North Carolina [4] and Georgia.

The wingspan is about 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). The head, palpi, thorax and forewings are clay yellow. The forewing is minutely dotted with a darker shade and the costa from inner third to outer fourth is dusted with blackish scales. There is a dark brown dot below the costa and another on the lower lobe just within and below the inner end of the cleft. There is a similar spot on the apex of the second lobe. The hindwings are the same color as the forewings but with a faint pinkish tinge, with brownish lines before the cilia and a tiny black dot near the outer end of the cilia of the third lobe. The body is shaded with brown posteriorly and on the sides, with a few whitish scales in the lateral tufts. The legs are bleached straw color, dusted with brown.

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References

  1. ↑ "460028.00 – 6125 – Paraplatyptilia carolina – (Kearfott, 1907)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida
  3. ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  4. ↑ Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain Region of North Carolina, with Descriptions of New Species


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